You’re Not Broken, You’re Broadband
Twenty Years of Reverse Engineering an ADHD Brain
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Thirty years in structural steel. I started as a fabricator — hands on the metal, cutting and fitting and welding, learning what actually holds and what only looks like it holds. These days I'm a detailer, which means I do the drawings: take something somebody else imagined and work out exactly how it goes together.
I was diagnosed at thirty-two. Before that I was the kid in the hallway, the one who couldn't follow the program. After that I was a guy with an explanation and no instructions. So I did the only thing I know how to do: I got my hands on it, and then I reverse engineered it.
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You’re Not Broken, You’re Broadband
Narrated by Eli C. Tric
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Table of Contents
FRONT MATTER
PART ONE — THE WOUND
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The Kid in the Hallway
The hallway desk, the Challenger launch, and finding work that fit.
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The Diagnosis That Explained Everything and Fixed Nothing
Understanding the label vs understanding the brain.
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The Labeling Trap
Escaping medicalized deficiency models.
PART TWO — THE REFRAME
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You’re Not Broken, You’re Broadband
High bandwidth inputs and signal processing.
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The Neurodivergent Advantage
Pattern recognition and rapid synthesis.
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The Wandering Mind
Default mode network and creative problem solving.
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Volunteer Souls
Stepping up when crises hit.
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Famous Minds
Historical figures with high-bandwidth wiring.
PART THREE — THE PRACTICAL
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Time Blindness
Now vs. Not Now and navigating time.
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Starting
Overcoming activation energy barriers.
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Emotional Weather
Rejection sensitivity and regulation.
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Hyperfocus on Purpose
Directing intense focus intentionally.
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Building Systems That Fit
Custom external brain structures.
PART FOUR — THE LIFE
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Relationships
Communication and connection with neurotypicals.
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Work, and the Job You Don’t Hate
Finding careers aligned with high-bandwidth strengths.
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Women and ADHD
Masking, late diagnosis, and distinct experiences.
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Raising One, Teaching One
Parenting and educating broadband kids.
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Across a Lifetime
Aging, wisdom, and long-term perspective.
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Identity
Owning your story and self-concept.
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Finding Your Tribe
Community, belonging, and shared wavelength.